Is there a way to visually distinguish user messages from AI replies in the Chat panel?

Hi all,
I’ve noticed that in Cursor’s Chat panel, my prompts and the AI’s responses look quite similar, which makes it a bit hard to scan conversations quickly—especially in long threads.

Before I submit a feature request, I wanted to check:

Does Cursor already support any built-in way (e.g., setting, theme, or extension) to make user messages more visually distinct from AI replies?
Has anyone found a reliable workaround (e.g., via Markdown, custom styling, or other means) to improve this distinction?
I’m not looking for full UI customization—just clearer default visual separation (like different background shading, alignment, or font emphasis) would help a lot.

Thanks in advance!

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